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America

America

America is a one-hour, live daily television newscast providing U.S. and international news for the Russian-speaking population globally.

ASIA

Asia

The Asia news program broadcasts information designed specifically for a Central Asian audience.

The Baltics

The Baltics

The Baltics takes a look at some of the most interesting news stories coming out of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, whose people often share common issues and concerns.

Evening

Evening

An hour of exclusive interviews, unexpected guests, riveting debate, and a wide range of views on the vital issues of the day, hosted by Timur Olevsky and Iryna Romaliiska

Footage Vs. Footage

Footage Vs. Footage

Footage Vs. Footage, hosted by Russian journalist Andrey Cherkasov, is a show about the news and the people who make it.

MORNING

Morning

The Morning program, hosted by Ukrainian journalists Oksana Dumska and Volodymyr Mikhailov, brings viewers the news they need most at the start of every workday.

News Brief

News Brief

Need the news on the run? We’ve got you covered with this informative, five-minute digest of key events from Current Time’s broadcast region and beyond.

Newsday

Newsday

The daily half-hour news program Newsday brings you the top international and regional stories of the day.

Schemes

Schemes

Schemes digs into the stories that many powerful Ukrainians would prefer not to see – from alleged conflicts of interest and abuses of office, to controversial real-estate investments and businesses.

THE WEEK

The Week

Broadcast from VOA's Washington, DC headquarters, The Week with Rafael Saakov is a Sunday talk show with high-profile experts about upcoming events.

Week In Review

Week In Review

This weekly 30-minute analytical television magazine features a broad range of views on important events in the United States and in our target broadcast area not available in Russia’s state-controlled media and provides a “reality check” on various political, economic, social, and cultural issues.

Feature Series

ASIA 360°

Asia 360°

Asia 360° dispels common myths about Central Asia and introduces you to the variety of people, issues, cultures, and cuisines that define this fascinating, complex region.

Life In Belarus

Life In Belarus

Life In Belarus is a documentary film project, shot by Belarusian filmmakers, about the lives of ordinary Belarusians. These short, 24-minute films avoid stereotypes and propaganda about Belarus to help viewers come closer to the people who are defining the country’s future.

Unknown Belarus

Unknown Belarus

It’s often called Europe’s last dictatorship, but how does everyday Belarus actually tick? This monthly documentary series will help you fill in the blanks.

UNKNOWN RUSSIA

Unknown Russia

Unknown Russia, hosted by award-winning Russian journalist Vadim Kondakov, explores extraordinary places and people in Russia rarely seen on mainstream television.

PERSON ON THE MAP

Person On The Map

Person on the Map is a rare encounter with Russians living in the country’s modern-day outback, far from the relative prosperity of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMS

Business Plan

Business Plan

Business Plan, a joint project between Current Time and independent Ukrainian channel Hromadske.ua, taps into the entrepreneur in all of us. Follow the Ukrainian innovators behind unique business start-ups that range from computerized irrigation to gourmet snail farming.

Details

Details

Details is a weekly look at the latest news in science and technology produced by VOA Russian. Each week, host Andrei Dziarkach explores stories making headlines in the area of space exploration, tech innovations, and breakthroughs in science and medicine.

#InUkraine

#InUkraine

#InUkraine looks at exceptional people, places, and phenomena that few Ukrainians know about. How does a remote village of elderly women keep contact with the outside world? What makes successful young people pack up their families and move to a life in the wilderness?

MOLDOVA EXPLORER

Moldova Explorer

Moldova Explorer, produced by RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service for Current Time TV, takes viewers on a weekly journey of discovery in Moldova, one of Europe’s least well-known countries.

Open Lesson

Open Lesson

The way we educate our children reflects our thoughts about the future. Open Lesson looks at issues related to contemporary schools and life in the classroom.

Ways To School

Ways To School

From Kyrgyzstan to Madagascar, all the children we meet in this series face the same Herculean task: getting to school. No matter how dangerous the route, their hope that education will give them a better future enables them to persevere.

Zoom

Zoom

Zoom lives up to its name with intimate, up-close portraits of ordinary life across the entire post-Soviet space. From Lviv to Vladivostok, a chance to explore the lives of ballerinas, doctors, homeless people, labor migrants, human rights defenders, and even inventors.

DOCUMENTARIES

Real Cinema

Real Cinema

Call it a global movie theater for the digital age. Each week, Real Cinema brings you the best and most noteworthy international festival winners, premieres, personal stories, and films.

REAL CONVERSATION

Real Conversation

An ideal companion to Real Cinema, Real Conversation examines the labor and artistry that goes into the preparation and creation of some of the best documentaries of the day.

Active Memory

Active Memory

This monthly documentary series examines how formerly communist-controlled countries both remember and make use of the past.

Caucasus Crossroads

Caucasus Crossroads

Caucasus Crossroads shares stories from three diverse states situated at the intersection of Europe and Asia – Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. This series is in partnership with Chai Khana, an award-winning multimedia outlet, based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Crossroads

Crossroads

Crossroads features documentary films by RFE/RL correspondents that offer close-up, reporter-driven perspectives on issues affecting countries in RFE/RL’s broadcast regions.

DocuSeries

DocuSeries

Broaden your knowledge of music, psychology, business, humanitarian work, science, and technology with our series of international documentary films from all over the world.

Generation Gulag

Generation Gulag

Generation Gulag, a series of 12 short films made by the media outlet Coda Story, a Current Time content partner, shows the relevance of gulag survivors' memories for understanding the dangers of authoritarianism.

InterNYET

InterNYET: A History Of The Russian Internet

This seven-episode series by Russian journalist Andrey Loshak takes a look at the development of the Russian Internet, or RuNet, and how it has changed over time.

Prison Alphabet

Prison Alphabet

Prison Alphabet is a 13-part series by Russian filmmaker Andrey Silvestrov that takes viewers inside the walls of Russia’s vast penitentiary system, one of the world’s largest, via interviews with 40 ex-inmates.

SIGNS OF LIFE

Signs Of Life

Signs of Life brings you documentary films about ordinary people’s lives in Russia – from a politician in the Moscow suburbs to pensioners in a provincial town.

TRAVEL

Asia 360°

Asia 360°

Asia 360° dispels common myths about Central Asia and introduces you to the variety of people, issues, cultures, and cuisines that define this fascinating, complex region.

COME VISIT

Come Visit

Come Visit is a food and travel show hosted by Georgian journalist Zurab Dvali and produced by Irina Khangoshvili.

American Road Trip

The Great American Road Trip

This documentary project explores the character of different American states and cities through stories about their people, history, culture, and food.

New York, New York

New York, New York

New York, New York is a weekly magazine program produced by the VOA Russian team in the Big Apple.

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